Losing Instagram Followers Due to the Purge of 2026
From The Instagram Stories - Social Media News by Social Media News | Focusing on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Threads, and Edits
May 11, 2026 · 13 min · Episode 1481
About this episode
The episode discusses the reasons behind losing Instagram followers and offers tips on optimizing Reels.
The Head of Instagram explains why you may have lost followers last week, how long a Reel should be, and how to prevent people from leaving your Reels after 5 seconds. He also discusses feature suggestions including a faster, simpler way to organize a carousel, plus Trial Reels being available on desktop (yay!)
Topics covered
- social media
- Reels
- followers
- feature suggestions
Keywords
- followers
- Reels
- carousel
- social media news
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Instagram
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